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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: St Andrews Church WW1, Castle Douglas |
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UKNIWM Ref: 44376
This is one of six church memorials now to be found in Castle Douglas Parish Church at OS Map Ref: NX 765 622. St Andrews church is now the Lochside Theatre and still holds a stained glass memorial that is posted here
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Kenneth Morrison
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James Archibald age 28 Corporal (43606) C Company, 16th Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry.
James was educated at West Calder School in West Lothian and Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh before becoming a Student of the Arts at Edinburgh University (1908 1911) He was a school master at Castle Douglas when he enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in May 1916. As Corporal (5155) he joined the 14th Battalion in France in April 1917, was wounded at Cambrai in August and was evacuated to hospital in the UK. He was posted to the HLI and returned to France May 1918 but was wounded again and died in the 41st Casualty Clearing Station at Daours. Born 1890 at Limefield, West Calder, Mid Lothian. Son of James and Johan Brown (Law) Archibald of Limefield Mains, West Calder, Mid Lothian.
Died of Wounds on 26 August 1918 and buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the West Calder War Memorial, on the Boroughmuir High School Memorial and on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Jonathan Carson age 34 Private (4000 & 351400) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
Jonathan enlisted in Edinburgh in October 1915 and joined his battalion in France in December 1916. He was killed at Vimy Ridge.
Born 1883 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of William and Mary (Sharpe) Carson of Railway Terrace, Castle Douglas. Husband of Catherine Campbell (Brown) Carson who he married in 1916 in Leith South, Edinburgh
Missing in Action on 8 April 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
Joseph Caven age 27 Private (240907) 7th/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
In 1911 the family were at Campbelton Farm Dairyhouse, Twynholm where Joseph was a ploughman. He enlisted in January 1915 and was an engine driver when he served in the 2/5th KOSB Transport Service. He was posted to the 7th/8th KOSB and then the 6th KOSB before returning to the 7th/8th Battalion.
Born 1891 at Hardgate, Urr Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of the late James Caven and of Isabella (Davidson) Caven. Husband of Helen (McCormick) Caven (later Mrs. Gibson) of 109 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas who he married in 1916 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish.
Killed in Action on 23 July 1918 and buried in Buzancy Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the Kelton Parish Church Memorial and on the Twynholm Parish War Memorial.
Thomas Colvin age 19 Private (S/16659) 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.
Thomas was a postman in Castle Douglas when he enlisted in January 1915. He was posted to his battalion in France on 13 April 1915 but was wounded on 10 May at Hill 60 during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and died of wounds in the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul.
Born 1895 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of James and Mary (Murray) Colvin of 35 St Andrew's Street and of Academy Place, Castle Douglas.
Died of Wounds on 13 May 1915 and buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) France.
Also listed on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, and on the Rolls of Honour in Castle Douglas Post Office and the Carpet Bowling Club. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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John Currie age 20 Able Seaman (Clyde Z/7080) Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
John had served his apprenticeship as a stationer and was a bookseller when he enlisted in November 1915. He joined Drake Battalion in France in December 1916. He was killed by a shell at Station Road, not far from Beaucourt near the Ancre River as the battalion was withdrawing from the front line.
Born 1897 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John Thomson Currie and of Helen (Austin) Currie of 61 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action on 26 February 1917 and buried in Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
and his brother
Robert Currie age 24 Private (40785) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Robert had been an apprentice gardener at Laurieston Hall, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire and was employed at Arniston House, Gorebridge near Edinburgh when he enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots in September 1914. He was badly injured in the Gretna train accident in May 1915 with a leg broken in two places. After recovering he was posted to the 1st RSF in France in November 1916.
Born 1893 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John Thomson Currie and of Helen (Austin) Currie of 61 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas.
Missing in Action on 4 June 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
A and D Companies of the 1/7th Royal Scots were involved in a rail accident at Quintinshill near Gretna on 22 May 1915 while en-route to Liverpool from Larbert in Stirlingshire. 210 men were killed and 224 injured, forming the majority of the 473 casualties of the worst disaster in British railway history. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Thomas Dunn age 24 Captain: B Company, 1/5th Battalion (Dumfries and Galloway) King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Thomas attended Castle Douglas school and Dumfries Academy and was a Student of Arts and Law at Edinburgh University where he was awarded his M.A. in 1912. He was a Cadet in the University O.T.C. 1911-1913. Thomas was employed, whilst a law student, by W&J Burness WS of Edinburgh and enlisted as a Private in 1/4th Battalion, Royal Scots. He was commissioned in November 1914 as a Lieutenant in KOSB and was promoted to Captain in February 1916. He joined his battalion at Gallipoli in August 1915 and then served in Egypt and Palestine. Thomas was killed at Gaza.
Born 1892 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John and Jane (Rain) Dunn of 56 St. Andrew Street, Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action on 19 April 1917 and buried in Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the Dumfries Academy Memorial and on the Edinburgh University Roll of the Fallen. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Samuel Davidson Ferguson age 26 Lance Corporal (43011) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Samuel was a cheese-maker at Dalbeattie Creamery when he enlisted in April 1916. He went to France in July 1916, two days after his marriage, and was killed at Messines.
Born 1890 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John and Janet (McQueen) Ferguson of 58 Carlingwark Street, Castle Douglas. Husband of Margaret (Turner) Ferguson of Sowerby Place, Castle Douglas who he married, while based at Stobs Camp, Hawick, on 15 July 1916 at Castle Douglas.
Missing in Action on 6 June 1917 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club together with his brother Malcolm Ferguson age 23 Private (23369) 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers who was killed in action on 25 August 1918. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Alexander Gaw age 32 Private (45264) 15th Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry. (Glasgow Tramways Battalion)
Alexander was a compositor at the Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser when he enlisted in the 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was posted as Private (25417) to the KOSB in France but was transferred to the HLI and was killed when a shell hit his dug-out. At the time he was a signaller attached to the Royal Engineers.
Born 1886 in Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of Robert and Mary (Wright) Gaw of 15 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas. Husband of Isabella (Thomson) Gaw of St. Andrew Street, Castle Douglas who he married in 1912 at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Killed in Action on 13 April 1918 and buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club and on the 15th HLI Memorial in the Transport Museum in Glasgow.
George Watson Geddes age 23 Private (40472) 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
George was employed in the British Linen Bank in Castle Douglas when he enlisted as Private (4164) in the 9th Royal Scots. He was posted to the Royal Scots in France in September 1916 but was transferred to the 1st KOSB.
Born 1895 at Cockburnspath, Berwickshire. Son of George Watson Geddes and Catherine (Bryden) Geddes of Ramheaugh Cottage, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire.
Missing in Action on 11 April 1918 and named on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, and the Cockburnspath War Memorial together with his brother Private William Bryden Geddes, killed on 11 September 1917.
Samuel Henry age 40 Lance Corporal (288243) A Signal Depot (Bedford) Royal Engineers.
Sam was an overseer at Castle Douglas Post Office when he enlisted. He died in Bedford.
Born 1877 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of the late Edward and Margaret (Clark) Henry of Castle Douglas.
Husband of Margaret Jane (Hunter) Henry of Castle Douglas who he married in 1906 in Kelvin, Glasgow.
Died on Service on 30 June 1918 and buried in Bedford Cemetery, Beds. England.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in Castle Douglas Post Office. _________________ Ken |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Walter Lorraine Hogg age 30 Private (46398) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Walter was a baker and living at 8 Robertson Street, Partick, Glasgow when he married on 29 July 1918. He enlisted in July 1918 but died at the Curragh Camp near Dublin.
Born 1888 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of the late Thomas Hogg and Nicholes (Clingan) Hogg of Castle Douglas. Husband of Barbara (Bland) Hogg who he married in 1918 at Blythswood, Glasgow.
Died on Service on 12 November 1918 and buried in Castle Douglas Cemetery, Kelton. (CWG)
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club. _________________ Ken |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Everard Bell Imrie age 20 Private (54027) 18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Everard's father died in 1908 in Castle Douglas and, aged 14, he moved to Canada with his mother in 1911 when she returned home to her birthplace, Fergus, Ontario. Initially they lived with his mother's aunt, Margaret Wikie, in Fergus, but they were in Regina, Saskatchewan, where Everard was working as a printer, when he enlisted in Fergus, Ontario in October 1914. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in April 1915 and landed in France in September. Everard was wounded at Lens and died of wounds in the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station.
Born 1896 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of the late Benjamin Bell Imrie, an architect, and Agnes (Wilkie) Imrie of 2068 McIntyre Street, Regina and of the Windermere Hotel, Santa Monica, California, USA. Benjamin and Agnes had married in 1890 at Fergus, Ontario but by 1891 were in Castle Douglas.
Died of Wounds on 7 May 1917 and buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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George Irvine age 36 Private (35763) 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
George enlisted as Private (191936) in the Motor Transport section of the Army Service Corps in June 1916 but was posted to the 1/4th DCLI in Egypt. He was drowned when the Troopship Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-63 off Cape Vado in the Gulf of Genoa. The Transylvania had sailed from Marseille to Alexandria on 3 May 1917 with a full complement of troops and escorted by the Japanese destroyers Matsu and Sakaki. 10 crew members, 29 army officers and 373 soldiers lost their lives.
Born 1880 at Kinross, Kinrossshire. Son of George and Helen (Lowe) Irvine.
Husband of Bessie (McKie Murray) Irvine of 90 King Street, Castle Douglas who he married in 1905 in Castle Douglas, Kelton Parish.
Killed by enemy action/Lost at Sea on 4 May 1917 and named on the Savona Memorial, Italy.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club.
Robert Jamieson age 19 Private (51026) 13th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Robert was an apprentice builder when he enlisted in February 1917 as Private (3792) in the 1/10th Royal Scots, but in March he was transferred as Private (3408) to the 2/1st Lothian and Borders Horse Yeomanry. On 26 February 1918 he joined the 13th Royal Scots in France. Robert was taken prisoner at Arras and killed by British shell after being detailed to bring in German wounded.
Born 1899 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of William and Marion (McNaught) Jamieson of Hamilton Place and of 18 Queen Street, Castle Douglas.
Missing in Action on 28 March 1918 and named on the Arras Memorial, France.
Also listed on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the Kelton Parish Church memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Thomas Johnstone age 30 Private (M/273764) 648th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Thomas had served his apprenticeship as coach-painter in Castle Douglas. He was then employed at the Arrol-Johnston Motor Works in Dumfries before moving to Messrs John Payne & Co. of Castle Douglas. He enlisted in December 1916 and served in East Africa for 10 months before he contracted enteric fever and died in hospital in Dar es Salaam.
Born 1886 at Back King Street, Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sommerville) Johnstone. Husband of Agnes McCracken (McNairn) Johnstone of 14 Carlingwark Street, Castle Douglas who he married in 1911 in Castle Douglas.
Died on Active Service on 11 February 1918 and buried in Dar es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania.
Also listed on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club.
John Murray Johnston age 21 Private (68404) 2/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
John was a gardener at Blair Drummond Castle, Perthshire when he enlisted in the 2/6th (Perthshire) Battalion, Black Watch in February 1915. He was posted as Private (61601) to the Queen's Own Royal West Kents in France in September 1917 but was transferred to the Royal Fusiliers in October. Later he was certificated as Cook for the Officers Mess of the Royal Flying Corps. He was taken prisoner on 21 March 1918 and he died of dysentery in the German Hospital in Avesnes.
Born 1897 at Parton, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of John Carson Johnston of 96 Queen Street Castle Douglas and of Isabella (Murray) Johnston, later of Royal Street, Gourock, Renfrewshire.
Died on Active Service on 31 May 1918 and buried in Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, France.
Also listed on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
For some time, Avesnes was the Headquarters of the German Eighteenth Army. The communal cemetery was used and extended by the Germans during their occupation, and German soldiers, as well as French, Italian, Russian and British prisoners of war, were buried there. (Source: CWGC)
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Kenneth Morrison
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Samuel Kirk age 21 Private (S/9766) 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders.
Samuel was a vanman with Messrs Chicken, Bakers of Maxwelltown and was living at 39 Brooke Street, Dumfries when he enlisted in September 1915. He had been in France for 5 months when he died in the 1st General Hospital in Etretat near Le Havre.
Born 1895 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of the late Jessie Jane (Twiname) Kirk and of Charles Kirk of Cotton Street, Castle Douglas. Step-son of Agnes (Harkness) Kirk.
Died of Wounds on 6 July 1916 and buried in Etretat Churchyard, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
Alexander Landsborough age 21 Private (351701) 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots.
Alexander enlisted in April 1916. He was killed near Arras.
Born 1895 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John and Williamina (Black) Landsborough of Academy Place, Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action on 23 April 1917 and buried in Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Served as Alexander Manson.
Alexander Manson Currie age 30 Private (4851) 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry. Alexander emigrated to Australia in 1912 and was a farm hand when he enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia in December 1915. He declared pre-war service with the Galloway Rifles (1 year) and the KOSB Territorials (3 years). He sailed from Freemantle in April 1916 and arrived in France, via Egypt, in June. He was evacuated to England for hospital treatment for influenza in July before being returned to his battalion in France in December 1916. Alexander was killed in action and buried near the village of Noreuil.
Born 1886 at Swan Street, Gatehouse of Fleet in Girthon Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of Jane Currie of 64 Queen Street, Castle Douglas.
He was a cousin of John and Robert Currie (see previous entries) with whom he was living in 1901 in Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action on 11 April 1917 and named on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
Robert Matthew Meredith age 19 Rifleman (A/205546) C Company, 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Robert was employed in the Co-operative Store in Castle Douglas when he enlisted as Private (M/300124) in the Army Service Corps in February 1917. He was posted as Private (TR/13/52915) in a Training Reserve Battalion before being transferred to the KRRC. He served at Ypres, Arras and Bapaume and was killed at Gomiecourt.
Born 1899 at Castle Douglas in Kelton parish. Son of John Williams Meredith and of Margaret (Downie) Meredith of 45 Academy Street, Castle Douglas. Killed in Action on 25 August 1918 and buried in Gomiecourt South Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
Archibald Davidson Middleton age 22 Stoker 1st Class (SS/109555) HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy.
Archibald joined the Royal Navy in January 1910 with his friend Robert White, SS/109556. He claimed to be a motor driver, aged 19 (DoB 4/8/1891) but was just 16. They were posted to HMS Carnarvon in May 1910 and to HMS Indefatigable in February 1911. Archibald and Robert were lost at the Battle of Jutland.
Born 1894 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of William and Mary (Davidson) Middleton of 46 Queen Street, Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action/Lost at Sea on 31 May 1916 and named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, England.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club.
HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser and was destroyed by a magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, taking 1017 men with her. Only two survivors were rescued.
Andrew Richard Stuart Miller age 28 Second Lieutenant: 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Andrew was educated in Castle Douglas and at Dumfries Academy and served his apprenticeship at the Union Bank in Castle Douglas. In 1909 he joined the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank's London office serving there for three years before being posted to the North China Treaty Port of Tiensin. In 1915 he was posted to Yokohama, Japan and by July 1916 he was in Hong Kong. He left in there later in the year and enlisted as Private (GD/31765) in the East Surrey Regiment after he landed at Tilbury in January 1917. He was commissioned in the KOSB in June 1917.
Born c.1890 in India. Son of Patrick S. Miller of the Madras Police and of Evelyn F. Miller. Brother of Evelyn Frances Stuart Miller of Alma Square, St. John's Wood, London
Died of Wounds on 21 April 1918 and buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial, on the Dumfries Academy Memorial and on the WW1 memorial in the Gaijin Bochi (Foreigners' Cemetery) in Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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John Brydson McAdam age 30 Private (12451) 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
John landed with his battalion at Boulogne in May 1915. He was wounded at Loos in September 1915 and again in July 1916.
Born 1886 at Castle Douglas, Kelton Parish. Son of Robert and Agnes (Brydson) McAdam of 239 King Street, Castle Douglas.
Died of Wounds on 19 July 1916 and buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club.
Robert McKay age 28 Private (133998) 2nd Kite Balloon Section, Royal Air Force.
Robert was a painter when he enlisted as Private (16877) in the 7th Cameron Highlanders. He landed with his battalion at Boulogne in July 1915. Later he was transferred to the RAF.
Born 1890 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of Helen (McKay) McCormick and step-son of Archibald McCormick of 122 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas.
Died of Wounds on 29 September 1918 and buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouk, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club. |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Allan McVan age 21 Private (459) 40th Battalion (Tasmania), Australian Infantry.
Allan was an apprentice sailor on board the grain carrier S.S. Bengairn when he enlisted in January 1915 at Hobart, Tasmania. He sailed from Hobart in July 1916, arriving in England in August, and was posted to France in December 1916. He was accidentally wounded during a rifle grenade demonstration in March 1917, was wounded in action in October 1917 and was evacuated to hospital in Stratford upon Avon. He rejoined his battalion in February 1918. Allan was killed in action and buried near Clery sur Somme, but it seems the grave was lost.
Born 1896 at Glasgow. Son of the late John and Elizabeth (Turner) McVan of King Street, Castle Douglas.
Killed in Action on 31 August 1918 and named on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
John Nish age 24 Gunner (125975) Royal Field Artillery.
John was a cattleman employed by W&T Wallet, live stock auctioneers, Castle Douglas when he enlisted in the 52nd Reserve Battery of the RFA in February 1916, but while based as Redford Barracks, Edinburgh he was taken ill and died of cerebrospinal meningitis at the County Fever Hospital, Slateford, Mid Lothian.
Born 1892 at Castle Douglas in Kelton Parish. Son of John and Catherine Sarah (Smith) Nish of 59 Queen Street, Castle Douglas.
Died on Service on 6 April 1916 and buried in Castle Douglas Cemetery, Kelton. (CWG)
Also named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour in the Carpet Bowling Club. |
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